![[P]ure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.](/assets/img/quote-photos/pure-mathematics-is-on-the-whole-distinctly-more-useful-than-applied-for-what.jpg)
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taught lord teach
Do not begin to teach others until the Lord has taught you. Charles Spurgeon
taught-us common-sense culture
The myths underlying our culture and underlying our common sense have not taught us to feel identical with the universe, but only parts of it, only in it, only confronting it - aliens. Alan Watts
taught expect-nothing endeavor
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God. Alan Paton
taught republican middle
I was a middle-of-the-road Democrat more than anything else. I know I voted for Carter. Watergate taught me how bad the Republicans were. Dave Barry
taught-us parent hopeful
My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and loving and not hateful toward anyone. Bryan Stevenson
taught drink century
To be happy you have to fulfill your nature. That's what Aristotle taught so many centuries ago, that the road to happiness isn't to go drink more or consume more. The road to happiness is to fully develop your abilities, and then apply them to do good. Charles Koch
taught-us action oppression
If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough. Audre Lorde
taught caught rhythm
I, who thought to sink, was caught up into love, and taught the whole of life in a new rhythm. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
taught baha young
When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions. Cass McCombs
technique film formal
So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally. Alain Resnais
technique doe precision
By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision. Bruno Walter
technique stage thousand
I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen. Bela Lugosi
technique
It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important. Cecilia Bartoli
technique captivating stills
Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me. Adam Baldwin
technique spontaneity combat
In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. Bruce Lee
technique learning-new
I love learning new techniques. David Bailey
technique photographer justified
Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept. Ansel Adams
technique moments terrorist
A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment. Donald Rumsfeld
mathematics grids type
... nets, grids, and other types of calculus.
mathematics certain known
Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false). Carl Sagan
mathematics controversy
In mathematics there are no true controversies. Carl Friedrich Gauss
mathematics relation concerned
Mathematics is concerned only with the enumeration and comparison of relations.
mathematics mathematical possession
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
mathematics characteristics mathematical
Another characteristic of mathematical thought is that it can have no success where it cannot generalize. Charles Sanders Peirce
mathematics masters servant
We are servants rather than masters in mathematics. Charles Hermite
mathematics work
I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better. Alvin E. Roth
mathematics preferred
I preferred to use mathematics in some practical fashion and thought that meteorology sounded promising.